U-TacS is majority owned by Israel’s largest weapons firm, Elbit Systems.
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Tag: UAV Tactical Systems
Siege day 21: Palestine Action target firms linked to weapons factory
On the 21st day of the siege against Elbit’s Leicester factory, UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS), Palestine Action targeted two companies linked to the Israeli weapons company.
Palestine Action smash into logistics giant and arms traffickers
The activists smashed their way into the building, and covered the premises in spray paint, while taking apart office equipment including phones and computers.
[ID: Doors with WE WILL WIN spray painted on in red]
Day 10 of Palestine Action’s siege of weapons factory sees lockdown
Palestine Action drove a car through the inner perimeter of Leicester’s Israeli drone factory, UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS), blockading the only entrance for the site.
[ID: A woman is locked on in a car and gives the peace symbol while surrounded by cops outside the gates of Elbit’s weapons factory]
Five arrested in ninth day of siege of Israeli weapons factory
The siege action began on May 1st 2023, and since then the site has seen severe disruption and an outpouring of community support.
Palestine Action occupy Leicester’s Israeli drone factory
Palestine Action have started their watch on UAV Tactical Systems by setting up a surprise ground camp, catching the Israeli arms manufacturer, its private security, and the police off guard. The activists set up camp, including unreachable hammocks in the treetops, in open defiance of the war machine. Under the cover of the trees behind the
Drone factory shut down trial begins
In April last year, two activists locked-on to the gates of the Leicester drone company UAV Tactical Systems (UTACS), a subsidiary of Israel’s largest weapons firm Elbit Systems. The activists fixed their bodies to the lock-on, rendering access to the site impossible. The activists were arrested later that day, having shut the factory down entirely
Palestine Action expose the UN on ‘Social Justice’ Day for buying Israel’s killer drones
Palestine Action have marked the United Nation’s ‘World Day of Social Justice’ with an action calling out the UN’s hypocrisy: using a banner drop over Westminster Bridge, lighting smoke flares, and delivering a speech stating that UN must cease its procurement of Israeli military drones. The Activists then marched to the United Nations Green, home
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